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twtvn @anni JOHN o. BURCH, on BUFFALQNEWYORK;

v13mm Patent No. 92,157, dated .my 6, 1869.J

IMPROVED CARRIAGE-JACK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and ndaking part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

' may he lengtheued or shortened.

I refer to the drawing, which represents the carriage-jack in a perspective View, of which A is the upright orv support. The same is made of iron, and

secured to a base or block of' wood, B.

Said upright isprovided-with a series of smallprongs or projections, C, .upon which lever D has its support' or iulcrurn; also, with a series of ratchet-teeth. The same have for their purpose, in conj unction with pawl E, to hold the lever D, after it is borne down, in a position as may be desired. f

l notches, F, on its lower side.-

D is the lever. It is providedwith a series of' The same correspond with the prongs C; also, with a pawl', E, which may he adjusted so as to correspondjwith -the'notches F';

also, with a socket, G, for the purpo'se to receive a wooden extension; and with a hook, H, which mayv be useful once a while.

-Said lever -D is adjustable ou upright A up or down,

and it may be lengthened or shortened most easily by shifting thelever from one notch into another, as can -be plainly seen by a look at thedrawing.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The standard A, having the ratchet-teeth shown,

and the p'rongs'or projections C, with the adjustable lever D, having` notches F, hook H, and the adjustable pawl E, all constructed, arranged andv operated asv described, for the uses and purposes set forth.

' JOHN O. BURCH. Witnesses:

H. WM. DOPP,

EDMUND SUeKow. 

